瑞典堡告诉我们,从衡量的角度来说,高度与对善的欲望有关,广度与对真理的认识有关. 继而,"宽 "的东西就有很大的真理容量,"宽阔的地方 "或 "宽阔的土地 "是可以学习和理解大量真理的地方,是可以拓展思维的地方.

这个意思也适用于城镇广场,圣经中多次提到城镇广场(例如创世记 19章中天使拜访罗得,起初要住在所多玛的城镇广场). "广场 "或 "城镇广场 "是现代化的语言,字面翻译是城镇中的 "宽阔的地方".

(参考: 属天的奥秘1613 [1-2], 4482 [1-3], 6856; 详解启示录652 [3])

5645. 'And the man brought the men to Joseph's house' means the first introduction into good coming from the celestial of the spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing to' as an introduction, as above in 5641; from the meaning of 'the sons of Jacob' as truths known to the Church that are present within the natural, dealt with in 5403, 5419, 5427, 5428, 5512; from the meaning of 'the house' as good, dealt with in 3652, 3720, 4982, on account of which 'the house' is also the Church, 3720, for the Church is the Church by virtue of good; and from the representation of 'Joseph' as the celestial of the spiritual, often dealt with already. From all this it is evident that 'the man brought the men to Joseph's house' means that truths in the natural were introduced into good coming from the celestial of the spiritual. The reason why a first introduction is meant is that at this point they merely ate with Joseph but did not recognize who he was. By this is meant a general joining together, which is a first introduction; for at this point there is a general inflow of truth from the Divine, but it is not recognized. When however a discernment of that inflowing truth does exist a second joining together is effected, and this is meant by Joseph revealing who he was to his brothers, dealt with further on in Chapter 45.